LONDON– European stocks were mixed on Thursday early morning as global markets gear up for the newest inflation reading from the U.S.The pan-European Stoxx 600 hovered around the flatline in early trade, with cars dropping 1.4% while health care and tech stocks climbed 0.5%. International markets are mainly focused on the U.S. inflation information due out Thursday, which might be important in forming the Federal Reserves schedule for raising interest rates or tapering its asset purchase program.Shares in Asia-Pacific edged higher in Thursdays trade and futures contracts connected to the major U.S. stock indexes were mixed in early premarket trade.The Labor Department is scheduled to publish its consumer price index information at 8:30 a.m. ET on Thursday. Economic experts surveyed by Dow Jones expect the May CPI report to show rates up 4.7% year over year after Aprils increase of 4.2%.